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Posted by WCfan on Wednesday, August 29, 2007 9:00 PM
AWESOME Alex! So you getting the hang on to the kits? Man that looks alot better than my frist kit!. lol.
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Posted by MilwaukeeRoad on Wednesday, August 29, 2007 8:54 PM
Thanks you very much.
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Posted by Railfan Alex on Wednesday, August 29, 2007 8:48 PM
 MilwaukeeRoad wrote:

I know you guys don't care or probably think it's bad, but this my FIRST kit I have ever built.

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Thanks.

What's Wrong? It looks great! Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]

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Posted by MilwaukeeRoad on Wednesday, August 29, 2007 8:40 PM

I know you guys don't care or probably think it's bad, but this my FIRST kit I have ever built.

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Posted by Guilford Guy on Wednesday, August 29, 2007 7:48 PM
I added several telegraph poles along the ROW and a couple telphone poles on Route 20. I just need to get some scale telephone line. Thread didn't work so well on my diorama.

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Posted by loathar on Wednesday, August 29, 2007 7:39 PM
Don't mean to interrupt, but WOW! Minimum wage? $7.50? It's only $5.45 here in Tn. You guys are lucky! There's skilled welders here only making $8.50-$9.00/hour.
BTW-You guys have a great thread going here. Lots of great work!Thumbs Up [tup]
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Posted by B.Erdmann on Wednesday, August 29, 2007 6:06 PM

Athearn

 

it is now discontinued i believe.

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Posted by Bapou on Wednesday, August 29, 2007 2:58 PM
Thats a nice car who made it?
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Posted by B.Erdmann on Wednesday, August 29, 2007 11:12 AM

picked up a new car yesterday

 

a SOO RTR brown & white boxcar. im runnin out of room on my track for cars.

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Posted by Bapou on Wednesday, August 29, 2007 9:14 AM
Minimum wage here is about $7.25, but it beats the national standard which is about $5.50 I think?
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Posted by Train 284 on Tuesday, August 28, 2007 8:00 PM
Boy am I glad I have a job! It may be minimum wage ($7.50 an hour) but let me tell you it hs paid for a LOT of train stuff the past couple months!  
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Posted by Bapou on Tuesday, August 28, 2007 9:36 AM
Thought I should bring this back up.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 27, 2007 10:24 AM
Yes Yoshi, very fantastic!Wink [;)]
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Posted by Bapou on Monday, August 27, 2007 9:47 AM
Do you guys think I should change the extension for the present to 1994 beacause then I can run my U34CHs?
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Posted by railroadyoshi on Monday, August 27, 2007 9:46 AM
He's regularly up until 4am. Then he wakes up at 1pm. Just fantastic, eh?
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 27, 2007 9:14 AM
What were you doing at 3:40 in the morning?!?Wink [;)]
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Posted by Guilford Guy on Monday, August 27, 2007 2:44 AM

Not much train news over on the East cost at 3:43 AM.

I got a cat though! Big Smile [:D] 

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 25, 2007 10:19 AM
I have been in dept constantly for the last few months though... I just went positive!Wink [;)] All the stuff for walkaround control; plugs, throttle, wire, and I still need to replace most of my freight car fleet with modern cars and finish the layout!Big Smile [:D]
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Posted by Bapou on Saturday, August 25, 2007 7:50 AM
Trainmanty you are very lucky
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 24, 2007 1:22 PM
I make $21 for mowing all our lawns, which takes me about 2 days, including time for the electric mower to rechange. I work for about 2 hours each day. I don't get that much during the holidays, so I get paid a lot for lawn-mowing.
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Posted by railroadyoshi on Friday, August 24, 2007 9:16 AM
That would be pretty nice. Send a webcast, you might be able to develop interest that way to get actual gigs. A good band is a pretty reasonable way to make those recreation bucks. This is a bit of a rant, so please excuse me, but the one thing I just cannot understand is how quasi high school breakdancing corps make $200+ in a night spinning around on the floor. I'll get off my soapbox now. SoapBox [soapbox]
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Posted by Hoople on Thursday, August 23, 2007 11:02 PM

Ouch... I guess I'm just spoiled or something.

Ah well. I haven't started where the real dough is-Concerts. Once I get in a band, maybe we'd get some gigs.

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Posted by railroadyoshi on Thursday, August 23, 2007 10:00 PM
I don't receive any allowance whatsoever. I get my income from ridiculous parental and  extended family generosity on holidays. I choose not to accept any payment for the work I do around the house, seeing it as a duty that comes with being a family. I only take cash for it when it is a lengthy job that takes an entire day from sun-up to sun-down. I have really been meaning to get a job as well, somewhere that would give cash handling experience in order to be better suited for a bank job the next summer.
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Posted by Bapou on Thursday, August 23, 2007 7:38 PM
 WCfan wrote:

 Hoople wrote:
OUCH! Bapou, that's no fair! Ask for a raise! I get $10 a week!

Yeah I agree. I hope you got a rideing lawn mower. We got like 2 acers, but we don't have a push mower. Plus I don't have to mow our lawn. lol.

I have a gas push mower (it pushs its self! Thank you! I just control the gas and walk while sweating LOL). As for being paid my freind gets $10 per week also, and has LESS LAWN and a RIDING MOWER. I am outraged.

Edit 3 monthes ago I only got $1 per week so a raise is a dead idea for meBanged Head [banghead].

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Posted by Bapou on Thursday, August 23, 2007 7:35 PM
 railroadyoshi wrote:

Hello everyone. Since this thread seems to be catching on I might as well join in.

My alias is Yoshi; I'm not willing to give my real name. I'm 15. My location is as specific as I'm willing to be unless we are planning to meet in a public place. That's all you really need to know about me personally. Ask for anymore and I'll never speak to you again out of fear that you are a stalker. That should help break the ice.

I model a fictional shortline called the Vermont And South Troy (VAST) Slogans are "Business thinks vast, business ships VAST", or "Think fast, ship VAST". The route follows the former B&M Cheshire route from Bellows Falls, VT to Winchendon, MA, from which it turns south over the Heywood line to Gardner, MA. Between Bellows Falls and Winchendon it passes through the major town of Keene, NH and the line's summit at South Troy, NH. Also included in the route is the line from Keene, NH to Bennington, NH as well as a fictional branch from Bellows Falls to Westminster Heights, VT. My current layout is 7x11 modeling the Westminster Heights branch, butI have 15x30 allocated for expansion in which to model the route between Bellows Falls and Keene, NH. The next phase of construction has already begun.

My fictional line has been merged into a fictional system called NEAT, New England & Atlantic Transportation. The group running the system, the Boston Area Rail Fans, or BARF, was spearheaded by Guilford Guy and I. We are planning a round-robin group and a physical interchange system. We are open to teen modelers across New England, with the center of membership currently in Metrowest Boston. Come check us out:

http://neatrailcorportation.googlepages.com/

Yes, we know corporation is spelled wrong, you can blame Guilford Guy. ;-).

The current membership is all HO, but other scales are definitely welcome in the round-robin. The only thing that they will be unable to participate in is the physical interchange system. 

 I'm not willing to give my real name.

Sign - Ditto [#ditto]

Also I just started reading this thread again LOL, and noticed your railroad is VAST which is also the real Vermont Association of Snow Travelers a snow mobeile group (aw I can't spell mobeile I give up LOL).

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Posted by WCfan on Thursday, August 23, 2007 7:32 PM

 Hoople wrote:
OUCH! Bapou, that's no fair! Ask for a raise! I get $10 a week!

Yeah I agree. I hope you got a rideing lawn mower. We got like 2 acers, but we don't have a push mower. Plus I don't have to mow our lawn. lol.

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Posted by Hoople on Thursday, August 23, 2007 7:30 PM
OUCH! Bapou, that's no fair! Ask for a raise! I get $10 a week!
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Posted by Bapou on Thursday, August 23, 2007 7:27 PM
 WCfan wrote:

Yeah, I got a realiable source of income too. Mowing lawns, just like you said. But it will only work if the weather is right! Right now it's so dry.

I mow about 1 acre of lawn every week but no money for trains! Just gotta go with $1.50 allowance per week I guessSigh [sigh].

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Posted by Bapou on Thursday, August 23, 2007 7:22 PM

 railroadyoshi wrote:
Bapou, what area of Vermont do you model? I model the area around Bellows Falls, VT.

Hi railroadyoshi, I model the fictional BB&B  (Burlington Barre & Bennington). With a leased E.L. RS1 and a CV alco S1-4. So far I only have Barre and Burlington (unfortunatley the extension will be NJT so I might have to drop the 3rd B Banged Head [banghead]).

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Posted by Alex V. on Wednesday, August 22, 2007 9:53 PM

Hey, I railfan too.  It's a little cheaper hobby than model railroading.  Here's my RRPA album; http://alextherailfan.rrpicturearchives.net/  Enjoy!

Alex - Engineer, brakeman, conductor, hostler, railfan, railroad historian, and model railroader

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